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India hands over 24 houses under housing project in Sri Lanka
The project is being implemented in all 25 districts of the island jointly with Sri Lanka.
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The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has inaugurated and handed over 24 houses in the southern district of Galle under its Model Village Housing Project.
The project is being implemented in all 25 districts of the island jointly with Sri Lanka's Ministry of Housing, Construction and Water Supply, with grant support from the Indian government.
A Memorandum of Understanding for the initiative was signed in October 2017 between the governments of India and Sri Lanka, the High Commission said.
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The project provides housing for 600 low-income families in Sri Lanka, with each model village consisting of 24 houses for families selected by the District Housing Committees.
Model villages under the project have previously been inaugurated and handed over in 21 districts: Batticaloa, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Kandy, Gampaha, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Matale, Puttalam, Colombo, Trincomalee, Monaragala, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Ratnapura, Ampara, Kurunegala, Kegalle, Kalutara and Polonnaruwa.
The project is nearly 98.6 per cent complete, and the remaining three model villages are expected to be inaugurated and handed over to beneficiaries soon.
